Antique Boar Hunt

1716

Gerhard Janssen

Associated Names
Gerhard Janssen

Artist, Dutch, 1636 - 1725

A frontal view of an action-packed hunting scene. The landscape includes two figures on horseback chasing a large boar with hunting dogs and an archer on foot. Trees in the background and foreground add detail to the scenery. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of gray, black, and white, creating contrast and drama.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and open-bite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Ann and Matthew Nimetz

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.5 × 19.9 cm (5 11/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 23 × 32 cm (9 1/16 × 12 5/8 in.) (irregular)

  • Accession Number

    2016.103.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roethlisberger 1987, no. undesc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Il Bulino Antiche Stampe di Matteo Crespi, Milan); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1987

  • Roethlisberger, Marcel. "The Prints of Gerhardt Janssen." Print Quarterly IV (1987): undesc.

Inscriptions

lower left in image, in reverse: GJ [in monogram] 1716

Watermarks

three stars

Wikidata ID

Q77112588

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